Murkowski Donates Library of Congress Books to Alaska Schools

Published: July 29, 2009

Murkowski Donates Library of Congress Books to Alaska Schools

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today announced donations of books from the Library of Congress to rural school districts in the unorganized areas of the state that have few local resources available for book purchases.

“Many of these rural schools are without a local government or tax support and lack the resources needed to regularly purchase new materials,” Murkowski said. “In some cases, these small school libraries also double as the community library and I am glad to see that books from the Library of Congress will be put to good use in these very rural school districts.”

Under the Library of Congress’ surplus books program, the Library makes available for donation surplus materials that are not kept as part of the Library’s permanent collection. Each day, the Library receives more than 20,000 items from other libraries and federal agencies to add to its collection. These items are mostly soft or hard-bound books from a wide area of subjects, including humanities, history, and science.